The Senate Standing Committee on Interior was given a briefing in Islamabad earlier today that more than a thousand criminals had been arrested including 560 members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Karachi operation so far.
The meeting, chaired by Talha Mehmood, was also told that 539 members of the Amn Committee and 40 of the Awami National Party (ANP) were also arrested by Rangers during the Karachi operation.
Colonel Tahir Mehmood of Rangers also told that 60 members of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and 352 militants of other banned outfits were also arrested ever since the operation was started in the city.